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Authorizing the use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the construction of the Fire Station 19 Addition/Renovation Project.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is preparing to begin the expansion of Fire Station 19, located at 2530 Edgcumbe Road, Saint Paul, which includes construction of a two-story, 4,500 square-foot addition and renovation of existing space that will create a new apparatus bay, crew quarters and watch office and bring an existing ladder truck and crew to the station (the "FS 19 Project") in order to significantly improve service in Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods and shorten fire and paramedic response times citywide; and
WHEREAS, the FS 19 Project financing plan was approved by the City Council in the 2014 Capital Improvement Budget with $2,079,000 of CIB Bonds, and is proposed to include an additional $1,340,000 of CIB Bonds with the adoption of the 2016 Capital Improvement Budget, plus other funding from the 2014 sale of a decommissioned fire station, for a total project budget of $3.6 million; and
WHEREAS, notification regarding the possible use of a Project Labor Agreement ("PLA"), as originally authorized and required by the City Council in CF 09-584, adopted on June 3, 2009, was duly given to interested parties on November 5, 2015; and
WHEREAS, of the responses received to the notification, there was unanimous support for the use of a PLA on the FS 19 Project; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Fire & Safety Services, as the manager of the FS 19 Project, and the Administration jointly recommend the use of a PLA on the FS 19 Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the use of a PLA will ensure a harmonious, continuous and stable workforce, which in turn will ensure timely completion of the FS 19 Project without work stoppage or interruption; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby approves the use of a PLA for the FS 19 Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the exe...
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